United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Major David J Rickel served in the U.S. Air Force. David served with the 435 TFS. David served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. David was 25 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115F: Pilot, Tactical Fighter (F-4 Phantom II, various models)
PILOT
FT LAUDERDALE, FL
1979
Pay grade O04.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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David J Rickel
Major
U.S. Air Force
- 1979
435th Tactical Fighter Squadron
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